Will 2015 be the year of bezeless smartphone displays? Some think it is a possibility with ZTE’s Nubia taking point.
First of all why do Chinese tech fans across Weibo believe this is a Nubia panel? Well it all comes down to the round breathing home button in the middle of the chin of the panel which looks like the Nubia Z7 and previous Z5 phones.
Judging by the hand the panel is in the glass display is from a 5-inch or slightly larger phone. Looking at the current Nubia lineup we can’t tell if this will be the display for a new Nubia flagship, or if this phone will be another ultra thin smartphone to compete with Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi.
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I don’t want to carry a > 5.5″ phablet in my pocket, so if this is indeed a bezeless design @ a 5″ screen size, they have definitively drawn my attention!
interesting.
Maybe for the Nubia Z9 ?
well if you drop it you have a broken glass and wasted like 600$ xD a little bit of protection is still needed (until we can create holograms in the air <3)
…… Have you ever heard of gorilla glass? You know the glass that’s is very resistant to shock and scratch.. I bet noooooo
Gorilla Glass isn’t invincible, genius. If you drop it, it’ll still break.
True. And bezels won’t make it better. They are under the same glass anyway 99% of the time.
Most phone screen crack on the narrowest point of contact, aka the bezel.
And? Having 1-2 mm thin bezel won’t help at all. And protective case will work as good as before.
At all? Says who? A flimsy silicone vs metal, guess which work better?
But eh, w/e believe what you want to believe. I don’t really care what phone some anon is using.
What metal? There is no metal even if you have bezels. Device front is usually one piece glass. And if you drop a phone on it’s edge without a case it will brake even if it have regular bezels (unless it’s nokia). They will crack anyway, so whats your point?
gorilla resists up to 1m drop and even phones with bezel can still get their glasses shattered…… GENIUS
How many people do you know that hold their phones 1 meter from the ground, GENIUS?
this should be a new kind of glass that’s hard enough to sustain higher drop, gorilla glass was just an exapmle but looks like I have to explain everything right? Or all the engineers that worked on this decided that a glasse that would explode after the first shock is fine….. GENIUS
Are you an idiot? You were the one who brought up gorilla glass. This whole conversation has been about gorilla glass. It has literally nothing to do with different types of glasses.
“…… Have you ever heard of gorilla glass? You know the glass that’s is very resistant to shock and scratch.. I bet noooooo”
GENIUS
You’re the idiot here I brang the gorilla glass as an example because Manu said without bezel glasses are fragile and you assumed I was dumb enough to think this was made of it while I know each feature of gorilla glass. Please show me were I said this was gorilla glass.I know what I wrote but the only brainless dude who answered without a second of reflexion isn’t me….. Even tried to be ironic while you’ve been my laughing stock the moment I read your response….. GENIUS
What? Any chinese flagship smartphone costs about $300.
If you need a protection, buy ugly plastic cases and protective glass
Nubia X6 wasn’t $300.
X6 is not a regular flagship. It is just an enormous phablet.
Look at Z5, Z7, Mi4, MX4, Honor 6 etc. etc. etc.
Oh yes it was. Same goes for the Huawei Ascend Mate 7, Vivo Xshot, Vivo Xplay 3S, Zopo ZP999 and Meizu MX4 Pro.
I´m talking about smartphones, not phablets, tablets, laptops etc.
Of course, some brands have different pricing, some more expensive models for western market, but who cares?
For one a 5,5″ is a phablet, for another it’s just a smartphone.
But the Nubia Z7 flagship model (the Z7, not the Z7 mini or Z7 max) costs at least $600 for international buyers.
Most Vivo models are true flagship devices and cost at least $500.
The Huawei Ascend Mate also at least $500.
Dafuq? Where did you pull laptops and tablets from? Every device I’ve mentioned is or was a flagship device. Stop trying to act like you’re right, because you’re not.
I don’t want to carry a > 5.5″ phablet in my pocket, so if this is indeed a bezeless design @ a 5″ screen size, they have definitively drawn my attention!
interesting.
Maybe for the Nubia Z9 ?
well if you drop it you have a broken glass and wasted like 600$ xD a little bit of protection is still needed (until we can create holograms in the air <3)
…… Have you ever heard of gorilla glass? You know the glass that’s is very resistant to shock and scratch.. I bet noooooo
Gorilla Glass isn’t invincible, genius. If you drop it, it’ll still break.
What? Any chinese flagship smartphone costs about $300.
If you need a protection, buy ugly plastic cases and protective glass
Nubia X6 wasn’t $300.
X6 is not a regular flagship. It is just an enormous phablet.
Look at Z5, Z7, Mi4, MX4, Honor 6 etc. etc. etc.
Oh yes it was. Same goes for the Huawei Ascend Mate 7, Vivo Xshot, Vivo Xplay 3S, Zopo ZP999 and Meizu MX4 Pro.
True. And bezels won’t make it better. They are under the same glass anyway 99% of the time.
I´m talking about smartphones, not phablets, tablets, laptops etc.
Of course, some brands have different pricing, some more expensive models for western market, but who cares?
For one a 5,5″ is a phablet, for another it’s just a smartphone.
But the Nubia Z7 flagship model (the Z7, not the Z7 mini or Z7 max) costs at least $600 for international buyers.
Most Vivo models are true flagship devices and cost at least $500.
The Huawei Ascend Mate also at least $500.
Dafuq? Where did you pull laptops and tablets from? Every device I’ve mentioned is or was a flagship device. Stop trying to act like you’re right, because you’re not.
gorilla resists up to 1m drop and even phones with bezel can still get their glasses shattered…… GENIUS
How many people do you know that hold their phones 1 meter from the ground, GENIUS?
this should be a new kind of glass that’s hard enough to sustain higher drop, gorilla glass was just an exapmle but looks like I have to explain everything right? Or all the engineers that worked on this decided that a glasse that would explode after the first shock is fine….. GENIUS
Most phone screen crack on the narrowest point of contact, aka the bezel.
Are you an idiot? You were the one who brought up gorilla glass. This whole conversation has been about gorilla glass. It has literally nothing to do with different types of glasses.
“…… Have you ever heard of gorilla glass? You know the glass that’s is very resistant to shock and scratch.. I bet noooooo”
GENIUS
You’re the idiot here I brang the gorilla glass as an example because Manu said without bezel glasses are fragile and you assumed I was dumb enough to think this was made of it while I know each feature of gorilla glass. Please show me were I said this was gorilla glass.I know what I wrote but the only brainless dude who answered without a second of reflexion isn’t me….. Even tried to be ironic while you’ve been my laughing stock the moment I read your response….. GENIUS
And? Having 1-2 mm thin bezel won’t help at all. And protective case will work as good as before.
At all? Says who? A flimsy silicone vs metal, guess which work better?
But eh, w/e believe what you want to believe. I don’t really care what phone some anon is using.
What metal? There is no metal even if you have bezels. Device front is usually one piece glass. And if you drop a phone on it’s edge without a case it will brake even if it have regular bezels (unless it’s nokia). They will crack anyway, so whats your point?
The amount of accidental touch this phone will have will be hilarious.
The amount of accidental touch this phone will have will be hilarious.